Executive announcement: Ambassador Medical adds to its sales, marketing team

Refurbished ultrasound equipment provider Ambassador Medical, LLC, a GE Healthcare company located in Carmel, Ind., named a new sales manager and director of marketing and business development. Rob Hargis has been promoted to the role of sales manager.  Hargis has been with Ambassador for over three years and has held sales positions in various industries. Additionally, Chris Wright has taken the director of marketing and business development position.  Wright served as a sales representative and application specialist for Ambassador over the past two years. She is a registered medical sonographer in OB/GYN and spent almost 17 seventeen years in patient care before going into medical sales. 

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